Rosalie Wang
CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellow
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (University of Toronto)
wang.rosalie@torontorehab.on.ca
(416) 946-8573
Biography
Rosalie’s research interests include assistive technologies to enhance function and quality of life for older adults, strategies to improve quality of life for long-term care home residents with dementia, the application of robotics in rehabilitation, and new power wheelchair technology to enhance mobility independence and safety.
Rosalie trained as an occupational therapist at the University of British Columbia and has worked as a therapist in Canada and England. Her work experiences span the continuum of care for older adults, including long-term institutional, sub-acute/rehab, acute and community care settings. She has also worked in a seating and wheeled mobility specialist unit, and a stroke rehabilitation unit.
Rosalie defended her PhD thesis entitled, “Enabling power wheelchair mobility with long-term care home residents with cognitive impairments” in December 2010. Her PhD research was supervised by Dr. Geoff Fernie through the Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science in collaboration with the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Her postdoctoral research will include further work on power wheelchair mobility technology (as a member of the CanWheel team), and working with the IATSL team to develop and evaluate robots for stroke rehabilitation and explore other rehabilitation applications for robotics.
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Lu, E., Wang, R., Huq, R., Gardner, D., Karam, P., Zabjek, K., Hébert, D., Boger, J. and Mihailidis, A. (2012) Development of a robotic device for upper limb stroke rehabilitation: A user-centered design approach. Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics. doi: 10.2478/s13230-012-0009-0
How T.-V., Wang, R.H., and Mihailidis, A. (in revision). Evaluation of an intelligent wheelchair system for older adults with cognitive impairments.
Wang, R. H., Gorski, S. M., Holliday, P. J., & Fernie, G. R. (2011). Evaluation of a contact sensor skirt for an anti-collision power wheelchair for older adult nursing home residents with dementia: Safety and mobility. Assistive Technology. Online 09 Sep.
Wang, R. H., Mihailidis, A., Dutta, T., & Fernie, G. R. (2011). Usability testing of multimodal feedback interface and simulated collision-avoidance power wheelchair for long-term-care home residents with cognitive impairments. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 48(6):801-22.
Lu E.C., Wang, R.H., Hebert, D., Boger, J., Galea, M.P., & Mihailidis, A. (2010). The development of an upper limb stroke rehabilitation robot: Identification of clinical practices and design requirements through a survey of therapists. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. Online 24 Dec.
Wang, R. H., Kontos, P. C., Holliday, P. J., & Fernie, G. R. (2010). The experiences of using an anti-collision power wheelchair for three long-term institutional care residents with mild cognitive impairment. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. Online 17 Sep.
Wang, R. H., Holliday, P. J., & Fernie, G. R. (2009). Power mobility for a nursing home resident with dementia. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, 765-771.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceeding
Taati, B., Wang, R., Huq, R., Snoek, J. and Mihailidis, A. (2012). Vision-Based Posture Assessment to Detect and Categorize Compensation During Robotic Rehabilitation Therapy. The 4th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2012), June 24-28, Rome, Italy.
Huq, R., Lu, E., Wang, R., and Mihailidis, A. (2012) Development of a Portable Robot and Graphical User Interface for Haptic Rehabilitation Exercise. In the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, June 24-28, Rome, Italy.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Abstracts
Wang, R.H. and Mihailidis, A. (submitted). Robotics for Older Adults: Rehabilitation Applications for Body Functions and Structures, and Activities and Participation. Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) 41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, October 18-20, 2012.
Wang, R.H., Korotchenko, A., Mortenson, B., and Hurd Clarke, L. (submitted). Powered Mobility with Collision Avoidance Technology for Older Adults: Perspectives of Users, Prescribers and Caregivers and the Implications for Design. CanWheel Cross Project Symposium: Understanding and improving power mobility use among older Canadians. Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) 41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, October 18-20, 2012.
Wang, R.H., Hebert, D., Huq, R., Lu, E.C. and Mihailidis, A. (submitted). Working towards clinical applicability and implementation of a robotic stroke rehabilitation system for the upper limb. 3rd Canadian Stroke Congress, Calgary, Sep 29-Oct 2, 2012.
Invited Conference Proceedings
Durkin, J., Nilsson, L., Nisbet, P., & Wang, R.H. (Team Leader) (2010). Best Practice Topics: Empowering children and adults with cognitive disabilities to learn skills for powered mobility: Principles, evidence, and recommendations. 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Posture and Wheeled Mobility, Glasgow, June 7-9.
